Longest day of the year..

...and one of the longest nights of my life !

Last week I set off to Stonehenge for Summer Solstice.
It's one of the few days a year you're allowed in amongst the big ol' rocks.

I set off with MattyD and a bunch of couch surfers to chase a 4am sunrise..

Lunch with the ducks..

and strawberries 'n' sunshine !

Made it to Stonehenge around 7pm.
Full of people drumming, dancing and chanting 'til all hours.

About 11ish.. the rain came.
It didn't stop.

At 2am I gave in to the sideways waterfall.
I convinced a few fellow soaked exhaustees to bail and head through the muddy paddocks for the bus.
We caught the 3am bus to the train station.
First train back to London .. 5.15am
Perfect!
A cuppa warm tea, and we wait...

'til we realised our bargin tickets were Off Peak. Soonest Off Peak train : 8.47am ! O.o

60-odd drenched solstice goers scattered over the station floor for 6 long hours 

'til the 9am train. 

By the time I caught that, and then a tube and the bus home, it was 1pm.

Putting it down to an experience I'll never forget for the wrong reasons !